Orkney Dragonhead Stout (Bottle)

Brewed by Orkney (Sinclair Breweries)
Style: Stout
Stromness, Orkney, Highlands & Islands, Scotland

Bottle 5/1-06. Thanks to Jonas Ahnfelt. Dark red/brown colur, with a nice brown foam. Aroma of dark chocolate and dry bitterness. Balanced sweetnes and bitternes in the end . Medium body, and and a little bit to short finish is my upinion.

Bottle sampled. Pours black with a nice one finger tan head. Sweet aroma of chocolate light coffee, and some dried fruit. Flavor of roasted malts, dark chocolate, and notes of cocoa with a dry finish.

16.9 ounce bottle in pint glass. Black with dense light brown head and some lace. Chocolate syrup, coffee, and chocolate chip cookie aroma. Roasted chocolate flavor with clean medium bitter finish. Medium body and carbo. A nice sessionable stout.

pours dark brown/black with thin milk chocolate head. Toasted chocolate on the nose with hints of toffee and caramel. Light bodied tastes of roasted toffe, burnt nuts and a finishes with chewey chocolate/mocha maltyness.

(Bottle). Aroma is sweet chocolate and malt. Color is dark reddish black, with a brown head. Flavor much more coffee than chocolate. Body is on the thin side, and the finish lacks intensity. Competent, but not impressive.

Bottle; poured a very dark brown with a small to medium tannish head. Aroma was actually quite strong and good for abv. Some definite grape/wine components, with roasted malt, caramel, meat and earth. Dry and thin on the palate. The aftertaste was not very appealing as it was a bit ashy and chalky. Flavor was really a let down from the aroma. Some caramel, alot of roasted malt, and something akin to butter. Not a great beer, but a great aroma.

Bottle. Poured a medium sized tan head that mostly diminished, poor lacing, no visible carbonation, opaque, and a black hue. Nose was malty, coffee, roasty, and a little smokey. Flavor was coffee, malt, roasty, somewhat burnt tasting, thin, a little smokey, and a little bit of chocolate. Mouthfeel was slightly tingly and thin for this style. Light-medium body. Thin texture for this style and. There are better of this style out there IMO.

Bottle pours black with a nice tan head and some lace. The aroma is roasty and chocolate. The flavor is lactic, roasted, chocolate, and has a fairly rich palate but at the same time quite seemingly artificially carbonated. Ya know, overall, this is not real bad, but also not real good. I’ve had some good beers this evening, and I really do not want to bias my rating of this, but I’m not real impressed.